Michael B. Silver

Michael B. Silver
Born	Michael Buchman Silver (1967-07-08) July 8, 1967 New York City, New York, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1993–present
Spouse	Katie Mitchell ​ (m. 2000)​
Children	1
Relatives	Amanda Silver (sister) Sidney Buchman (grandfather)

Michael Buchman Silver (born July 8, 1967) is an American actor. He is perhaps best known for his recurring role as Assistant District Attorney Leo Cohen in the television series NYPD Blue. As of summer 2019, Silver has recurring roles on both NBC's The InBetween and CBS' Instinct.

Early life

Silver was born in New York City, the brother of writer Amanda Silver and the grandson of Oscar-winning screenwriter Sidney Buchman. Silver is a graduate of Brown University.

Career

One of his earliest roles was in the 1993 film Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday. He had a major recurring stint on NYPD Blue, perhaps his best-known role, appearing in 31 episodes. Silver has also had recurring roles as Dr. Paul Myers on ER and as Secret Service Agent Peter Elliott on CSI: Miami. In addition, Silver has made many other guest appearances on various primetime series such as Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, The X-Files, Cheers, NewsRadio, Judging Amy, Once and Again, Felicity, Law & Order, Monk, Dark Blue, Bones, Vengeance Unlimited, Criminal Minds, Raising the Bar, Strong Medicine, Nip/Tuck, Veronica Mars, Brothers & Sisters, Murder in the First, and Supernatural. He had a recurring role on Royal Pains as Ken Keller, and in 2011 he starred in the video game L.A. Noire as Edgar Kalou.

Beginning in the summer of 2018 and then in its second season in the summer of 2019, Michael had the recurring role of police sergeant Kanter Harris in the police procedural Instinct. In the summer of 2019, he was also appearing in the recurring role of professional therapist Brian Currie in the series The InBetween. In October of 2021, he played Vince Jones (S5/E4 - "Sentinel") in the series S.W.A.T. (2017 TV series).

Personal life

He is married to actress Katie Mitchell on October 22, 2000. He has one son.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1993	Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday	Luke
1995	Higher Learning	Frat Member
	Virtuosity	Undercover Cop
1996	Eye for an Eye	Assistant
1998	All of It	Ben Glazer
	Playing by Heart	Max
2000	Seven Girlfriends	Joe
	In the Weeds	Marlon
	Submerged	Dr. Winslow
2001	Legally Blonde	Bobby
	I Am Sam	Dr. Jaslow
2003	Chatroom	Stud	Short film
	Seabiscuit	Baltimore Doctor
2006	Unbeatable Harold	Father
2010	Love Shack	Jerry Sphincter	Also director, writer & producer
2011	JoAnne	Man	Short film
2013	Leave of Absence	Dan Collins
2015	Larry Gaye: Renegade Male Flight Attendant	Geddes
2016	The Interrogation	Detective	Short film, also director
2018	Rumor from Ground Control	Baxter Aleks
	The Samuel Project	Robert

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1991	Designing Women	Mark	Episode: "My Daughter, Myself"
1992	Cheers	Customer	Episode: "Teaching with the Enemy"
1993	Civil Wars	Dr. Blum	Episode: "A Liver Runs Through It"
1994	Star Trek: Deep Space Nine	Vinod	Episode: "Paradise"
	The Enemy Within	Lieutenant Lonner	Television film
	The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Hollywood Follies	Tony Lewis	Television film
1995	Blossom	David	Episode: "Mating Rituals"
1995–2009	E/R	Dr. Paul Myers	12 episodes
1996–2004	NYPD Blue	ADA Leo Cohen	31 episodes
1996	Step by Step	Fleming Adler	Episode: "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?"
	Bloodhounds	Trooper	Television film
	The John Larroquette Show	Scott	Episode: "Intern Writer"
1997	The Burning Zone	Freddy	Episode: "Death Song"
	The Pretender	Chris Rockwell	Episode: "Jaroldo!"
	Life with Roger	Steve	Episode: "Dial M for Muffin"
	Leaving L.A.	Officer Williams	Episode: "The Eyes of the City"
1998	NewsRadio	Danny	Episode: "Big Brother"
	Fantasy Island	Doug	Episode: "Superfriends"
	The X-Files	Howard Grodin	2 episodes
	Nothing Sacred	Hank	Episode: "Holy Words"
1999	Vengeance Unlimited	Michael Dearborn	Episode: "Legalese"
	Strange World	Agent Stern	Episode: "Spirit Falls"
	Judging Amy	Justin Hopkins	Episode: "The Persistence of Tectonics"
2000	Wilder Days	David	Episode: "Pilot"
2001	Once and Again	Paul	2 episodes
	The Fugitive	Dr. Augustine	Episode: "Flesh and Blood"
	Special Unit 2	Rich Talridge	Episode: "The Waste"
	Family Law	Mr. Michaels	Episode: "Moving On"
	Providence	Ken	Episode: "Civil Unrest"
2002	Felicity	Michael	Episode: "The Paper Chase"
	For the People	Will Campbell
	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	CSI Prosecutor	Episode: "The Accused is Entitled"
	The Big Time	Walt Kaplan	Television film
	Law & Order	Raymond Berman	Episode: "Hitman"
2003	The District	Lawyer	Episode: "Goodbye, Jenny"
	Monk	Lyle Turrow	Episode: "Mr. Monk Goes to the Ballgame"
	Skin	Detective	4 episodes
	Vegas Dick	Slick	Television pilot
2004–2006	CSI: Miami	Agent Peter Elliott	7 episodes
2004	Century City	James	Episode: "Love and Games"
	CSI: NY	EMT	Episode: "Outside Man"
	Strong Medicine	Ed Davis	Episode: "Code"
2005	Cold Case	Rick	Episode: "Ravaged"
	Beautiful People	David Stein	5 episodes
	Nip/Tuck	Mandy Baerwitz	Episode: "Rhea Reynolds"
2006	Bones	Dr. Anton Kostov	Episode: "The Woman at the Airport"
	Criminal Minds	Sam Shapiro	Episode: "Riding the Lightning"
	Love Monkey	Danny Stone	Episode: "Coming Out"
	Day Break	Nathan Baxter	4 episodes
2006–2007	Veronica Mars	Professor David Winkler	3 episodes
	Shark	Dan Lauter	4 episodes
2007	Without a Trace	Dr. Ron Hillman	Episode: "Primed"
	Eyes	ADA Dan Henderson	Episode: "Burglary"
	Supernatural	Martin "Marty" Flagg	Episode: "Hollywood Babylon"
	Cane	Dr. Shapiro	2 episodes
	Marlowe	Charles DiFrisco	Television pilot
2007–2008	Las Vegas	Steve Lavin	4 episodes
2008	In Plain Sight	Arlo Meyers	Episode: "Hoosier Daddy"
	Eli Stone	Elliott Russell	2 episodes
2008–2009	Brothers & Sisters	Stu Orenbacher	2 episodes
2009	The Hustler	Travis' Father	2 episodes
	Lie to Me	Attorney	Episode: "Depraved Heart"
	Heroes	Liam Samuels	Episode: "Chapter Twelve: An Invisible Thread"
	Mental	Richard Ranier	Episode: "A Beautiful Delusion"
	Dark Blue	Edward Sykes	Episode: "Venice Kings"
	U.S. Attorney	Walter Bertram	Television pilot
	Raising the Bar	Andy Zeitlan	Episode: "Happy Ending"
2010–2016	Royal Pains	Ken Keller	13 episodes
2010	The Mentalist	Julius Coles	Episode: "The Blood on His Hands"
	The Defenders	Dr. Stewart	Episode: "Nevada v. Riley"
2011–2012	Private Practice	David Gibbs	2 episodes
2011	Free Agents	Ted	Episode: "What I Did for Work"
	NCIS	Nicholas Sandlock	Episode: "Enemy on the Hill"
	Harry's Law	Mr. Faulkner	Episode: "The Rematch"
2012	The Ropes	Danny Diamond	6 episodes
	Hornet's Nest	Adam Goode	Television film
	Perception	Lawrence Crawford	Episode: "Shadow"
	Liz & Dick	Publicity Head	Television film
2013	Body of Proof	Dr. Harvey Wallace	Episode: "Abducted: Part I"
	Scandal	Gavin Mitchell	Episode: "Say Hello to My Little Friend"
2014	Friends with Better Lives	Kenneth	Episode: "Yummy Mummy"
2015	Backstrom	Agent Jacob Cole	Episode: "Ancient, Chinese, Secret"
	Shameless	Lorenzo	3 episodes
	Odd Mom Out	Jerrold	Episode: "Omakase"
2016	One & Done	Jacob	Episode: "Temple Four"
	NCIS: Los Angeles	Damon Westphal	Episode: "Core Values"
	Code Black	Dr. Paul Weatherly	Episode: "First Date"
	Bosch	Colby Mintz	Episode: "Heart Attack"
	Murder in the First	Franklin Tucker	4 episodes
2016–2017	I Am: Life of a Gigolo	Don	3 episodes
2017–2018	Suits	Craig Siedel	5 episodes
2017	Law & Order True Crime	Gerald Chaleff	3 episodes
	Major Crimes	Dr. Carson Jacobs	Episode: "Sanctuary City: Part 4"
2018	Designated Survivor	Steven Flannery	Episode: "Bad Reception"

Video Games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2011	LA Noire	Edgar Kalou	Voiceover and Motion Capture (Via MotionScan)

External links

• Michael B. Silver at IMDb